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‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [195r] (394/722)
The record is made up of 1 volume (384 folios). It was created in 1886-1895. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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PALASH ZINDAN—
Two rugged peaks of the Shahkuh range overhanging the villages of
Chahardihj south of Astarabad and in that district.— [Napier.)
PANJ BARADAPAN *—Lat. , Long. ^ ; ;Elev.
A pass in Khurasan, on the road between Shir wan and Bujnurd. The crest
of the pass is 450 feet above the level of the plain beneath. This pass is of
easy ascent, and gives access to the plateau of Hazar Jarib.— [Napier.)
PANJDIHt—
A Salor or Sarik Turkuman village in Afghanistan, situated at the junction of
the Khushk and Murghab rivers, east of Pul-i-Khatun, and some 200 miles
from Mashhad. It is but a single walled village, with 35 families, living by
agriculture.— [Rozario, Stewart, Stephen.)
PANJKtJH—
■Some low hills in the Shahrud-Biistan district, about 45 miles south-east
of Samnan.— [Stewart.)
PANJ-KTJH—
Some low hills near the road from Samnan to Khaf in Khurasan, about 72
miles from Samnan. There is a kavir on each side of them.— [C. E. Stewart.)
PANJ MAR A |— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / . ^
A conical hill in Khurasan, about 8 miles from the village of Karadih, on
the road from Mashhad to Kalat-i-Nadiri. It is a curious hill, with scarped
sides, and offers an impregnable site from which to command the A1
defile.— [MacGregor.)
PARlZ— Lat. 37° 15' 0", Long. 58° 11' 0"; Elev. ^ ' [Napier).
A large village in Kurdish Khurasan, 15 miles from Kuchan, on the road
to Bujnurd. It contains some 50 houses.— [Napier.)
PARMIH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, about 15 miles from Mashhad, on the road to
Kalat-i-Nadiri by Karatagan. It has 115 houses; water and supplies.—
[MacGregor.)
parsht-i-Asman§—
A place with a good encamping-ground and plenty of water, 30| miles south
east of Turan, on the road to Turshiz in Khurasan. A line of kanats runs
across the road and parallel with it.— [Taylor.)
PASHNADARUN—Lat. 34° 11' 0", Long. 56° 58' 0"; Elev.
[Stewart).
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Yazd to Nishapur, and 17| miles
north-north-east of Slrirkhisht. It contains a few mud hovels, enclosed in a
mud wall. The water is sweet, but there are leeches in it. There is for the
size of the place a large amount of cultivation, there are three other
small villages near it, known as N^asratabad, Tatehabad, and Yluhamma-
dabad; but the four villages only contain about 100 inhabitants. Very
good tobacco is grown here.— [MacGregor, Stewart, Gill.)
PASHNAGARU—
village in Khurasan, 45 miles north of Tabas, on the road to Sabzawar.
Water and a few supplies are procurable.— [MacGregor .)
* The “ Five Brethren.” .
f Now rendered famous by the fight between the Afghans and Russians, and its subsequent
cession to Russia.
$ The “ Five Serpents.”
§ Probably “ Pusht ”
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This volume is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1886 edition). It was compiled for political and military reference by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, Assistant Quarter Master General, in 1871, and brought up to 31 July 1885 by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department in India. It was printed by the Government Central Branch Press, Simla, India in 1886.
The areas of Persia [Iran] covered are Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustan, Khurasan [Khorāsān], and Sistan. The boundaries of the areas covered by Volume I are as follows: the Afghan border from the River Helmand to Sarakhs in the east; and from there a line north-west to Askhabad, due west to the Atrak, which it follows to the Caspian Sea; then along the sea coast to Ashurada Island; then in a straight line to Shahrud; and from the latter south-east to Tabas hill, Sihkuha, and the Helmand, from where the river first meets the south-east border of Sistan.
The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements and buildings (forts, hamlets, villages, towns, provinces, and districts); communications (passes, roads, bridges, canals, and halting places); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, springs, wells, fords, valleys, mountains, hills, plains, and bays). Entries include information on history, geography, buildings, population, ethnography, resources, trade, agriculture, and climate.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
The volume includes the following illustrations: ‘VIEW OF AK-DARBAND.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 12v]; ‘PLAN OF AK-KALA.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 14]; ‘ROUGH SKETCH OF ASTARÁBÁD, FROM AN EYE-SKETCH BY LT.-COL. BERESFORD LOVETT, R. E., 1881.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 24]; ‘ROUGH PLAN OF BASHRÚGAH’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 40v]; ‘ROUGH PLAN OF BÚJNÚRD’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 48]; and ‘BUJNURD, FROM THE S. W.’ [Mss Eur F112/376, f 49v].
It also includes the following inserted papers (folios 51 to 60): a memorandum from the Office of the Quartermaster General in India, Intelligence Branch to Lord Curzon, dated 6 December 1895, forwarding for his information ‘Corrections to Volume I of the Gazetteer of Persia’, consisting of articles on the Nishapur district of the province of Khorasan, and the Shelag river.
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The volume is arranged as follows from the front to the rear: title page; preface; list of authorities consulted; and entries listed in alphabetical order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 388, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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